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London’s crown as the premier listing venue in Europe was just another of the titles that Brexit doomsayers warned would be stripped off the City. At first, they were right.

A spasm of shock from the vote to leave the EU paralysed London’s initial public offering (IPO) market and the capital plummeted down international IPO rankings in 2016. But London quickly rediscovered its mojo and the number of IPOs on London’s Main Market and Aim jumped from 65 to 106 last year, while the money raised almost tripled.

City bankers were again bedding in for an even better year for the IPO market, but volatility exploding back on markets could close a tiny window before Brexit talks come to the fore again...